Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 DISPOSITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOMEDICAL SAMPLES: Place the environmental and biomedical samples in an insulated chest; ensure that the sample is packed tightly and an adequate supply of refrigerant is available. Seal the chest and label accordingly prior to its departure from the OCONUS theater of operation to CONUS. The procedure should further meet the specifications contained in TM 38-250, paragraph 10-51, for etiologic agents. Document all samples with DA Form 1971-6-R. Number the samples. Units are responsible for forwarding samples through intelligence channels to Corps G2. Document the sample transfer with DA Form 3147.
Figures H-3 through H-5 are examples of responsibilities, collection guidelines, and identification and control for a sample evacuation. SAMPLE EVACUATION A. RESPONSIBILITY: 1. Field units are responsible for the transfer of samples to MI channels for forwarding to Corps G2. Additional packaging and consolidation of double-contained samples, if required, will be accomplished prior to shipping to CONUS. Complete the sample identification. Document sample transfers on DA Form 3147. 2. Corps or Division surgeons are responsible for coordinating the delivery of samples from MI channels to Corps G2.
The Corps and/or Division Surgeon will coordinate with combat units and graves registration units for expedient transfer of personnel deceased as a result of a CB attack to battalion, division, or corps level medical units and hospitals for obtaining biomedical samples. Document the sample transfers on DA Form 3147. 3. Corps G2 is responsible for coordinating shipment of samples to approved CONUS and OCONUS laboratories and the TAML, as well as dispatching the required notification messages.
Notification to the US Army Chemical and Biological Agent Technical Evaluation Board (CBATEB) of the acquisition of a sample suspected of containing CB agents is requested within 1 hour of receipt by Corps G2. Figure H-3. Description of responsibilities for a sample evacuation. H-11